Operator's Manual
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4. Grease the idler pulley pi v ot (Fig . 38).
Engine Maintenance
Servicing the Air Cleaner
Ser vice the air cleaner elements as follo ws:
Primar y Filter : R e place after ev er y 250 operating
hours or more often in dusty conditions .
Safety Filter : R e place after ev er y 600 operating
hours .
Note: Chec k the filter more frequently (ev er y
few hours) if operating conditions are extremely
dusty or sandy .
Removing the Filters
1. Diseng ag e the PTO , mo v e the motion control
lev ers to the neutral loc k ed position and set
the parking brak e .
2. Stop the engine , remo v e the k ey , and w ait for
all mo ving par ts to stop before lea ving the
operating position.
3. Clean around the air cleaner to prev ent dir t
from g etting into the engine and causing
damag e . R elease the latc hes on the air cleaner
and pull the air cleaner co v er off of the air
cleaner body ( Figure 27 ).
4. Clean the inside of the air cleaner co v er with
compressed air ( Figure 27 ).
5. Gently slide the primar y filter out of the air
cleaner body ( Figure 27 ). A v oid knoc king the
filter into the side of the body .
6. R emo v e the safety filter only if y ou intend
to re place it. Nev er attempt to clean the
safety filter . If the safety filter is dir ty , then
the primar y filter is damag ed and y ou should
re place both filters .
7. Inspect the primar y filter for damag e b y
looking into the filter while shining a bright
light on the outside of the filter . Holes in the
filter will appear as bright spots . If the filter
is damag ed discard it.
Figure 27
1. Air lter body 4. Air cleaner cover
2. Safety lter 5. Latch
3. Primary lter
Servicing the Primary Air Filter
Do not clean the primar y filter . R e place it after
250 operating hours .
Servicing the Safety Air Filter
R e place it after 600 operating hours .
Important: Nev er attempt to clean the
safety filter . If the safety filter is dir ty , then
the primar y filter is dama ged and y ou should
r eplace both filter s.
Installing the Filters
Important: T o pr ev ent engine dama ge,
al w ays operate the engine with both air filter s
and co v er installed.
1. If installing new filters , c hec k eac h filter for
shipping damag e . Do not use a damag ed filter .
( Figure 27 ).
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